After discovery and putting the APs into a logical group to ease management, I created a settings profile to ensure that all the APs were set with the same basic wireless network parameters. The test APs were then all properly configured and managed by Mobile Manager.
Mobile Manager, as with the AirWave Management Platform, does a fine job of wireless network health monitoring. I was able to both drill down to the individual AP level and gather statistics for the entire wireless LAN. Both management servers can show easy-to-read graphs depicting figures such as network utilization, capacity, number of clients, as well as a group of other statistics such as WEP and CRC error rates.
Though Mobile Manager provides more health information than most admin could ever digest, it can only gather such information while the server software is up and running. AMP is constantly running and therefore such statistical information is always being gathered.
Mobile Manager does trump AMP in one category: reporting. With a seemingly endless list of reporting topics, from network capacity information to details on packet errors and retries, Mobile Manager can quickly gather all required information and present it in HTML, PDF, and CSV formats. AMP will report on almost as many topics, but can only output statistics via email.
Mutual Limitations
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
